Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2011) Excellence Award
Rachael Boast
レイチェル・ボースト
Reicheru Bōsuto
Aliases:
Rachel Boast
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1975 （Suffolk, England, UK）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Suffolk, England → West Country → Scotland
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer
- Active Years
- 2011-2025
- Affiliations
- Picador Books
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Influenced By
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Arthur Rimbaud, Jean Cocteau
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wolverhampton | — | English and Philosophy | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of St Andrews | — | Creative Writing | MLit, PhD | 2005- | United Kingdom |
University of Wolverhampton
English and Philosophy
Country:
United Kingdom
University of St Andrews
Creative Writing
Degree:
MLit, PhD
Period:
2005-
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD thesis: an examination of poetic technique with reference to The Book of Job
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Forward Prize | Sidereal | best first collection | Forward Prizes for Poetry | won |
| 2012 | Seamus Heaney Prize | Sidereal | best first collection | Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry | won |
| 2014 | Griffin Poetry Prize | Pilgrim's Flower | — | — | shortlist |
| 2015 | Bristol Poetry Prize | Belle Époque | — | — | won |
| 2016 | T. S. Eliot Prize | Void Studies | — | — | shortlist |
Forward Prize
2011
Work:
Sidereal
Category:
best first collection
Organization:
Forward Prizes for Poetry
Result:
won
Seamus Heaney Prize
2012
Work:
Sidereal
Category:
best first collection
Organization:
Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry
Result:
won
Griffin Poetry Prize
2014
Work:
Pilgrim's Flower
Result:
shortlist
Bristol Poetry Prize
2015
Work:
Belle Époque
Result:
won
T. S. Eliot Prize
2016
Work:
Void Studies
Result:
shortlist